After a decade of food recalls under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), not everything has turned out as expected.
President Barack Obama signed the FSMA into law during the first week of 2011. Among
Continue Reading Food recalls are a changing mix without being mandatory
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food, and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), have sent a letter to Food and
Continue Reading Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget
Although a single supplier has not been identified, federal officials know of a number of specific beef plants that are contaminated with a strain of Salmonella behind a deadly outbreak. But, the USDA won’t name
Continue Reading Federal legislators call for USDA to name contaminated beef plants
Describing the U.S. food safety system as “hopelessly fragmented and outdated,” a congresswoman is pushing for the creation of a single federal agency to secure the nation’s food supply.
Currently, the Food and Drug Administration
Continue Reading Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency
ALERT: A USDA spokesperson told Food Safety News the agency is not staffing its phones dedicated to consumer complaints about meat, poultry and processed egg products during the partial government shutdown. The askkaren.gov service is
Continue Reading ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted
Five years after U.S. representatives wrote to the USDA about the agency’s “unacceptable” response to Salmonella outbreaks traced to chicken, one of the lawmakers says déjà vu is not acceptable as a food safety policy.
Continue Reading Lawmaker says new outbreak shows USDA, poultry industry need to act
A day after the CDC reported two dozen more people have been confirmed with Salmonella infections traced to eggs, a member of Congress asked the head of the Food and Drug Administration to explain what
Continue Reading U.S. representative wants to know what FDA is doing to ensure egg safety
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro sent this letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Friday.
Dear Commissioner Gottlieb:
I write out of concern about the current outbreak of cyclosporiasis as well as the
Continue Reading Seeking action: Representative presses FDA for answers on cyclospora in salad
Connecticut democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro Monday sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb asking for additional information regarding the ongoing investigation of a Salmonella outbreak traced to shelled eggs. The outbreak is currently responsible
Continue Reading DeLauro pushes FDA for answers on egg outbreak investigation
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, sent the below letter regarding so-called lab meat and other cell-cultured foods to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States, on March 28.
Dear Mr. Dodaro:
I
Continue Reading U.S. representative wants review of lab meat, cell-cultured food
